Klarinet Archive - Posting 000354.txt from 1998/01

From: Jacqueline Eastwood <eastwooj@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: Hindemith Quintet
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 1998 17:18:36 -0500

On Mon, 5 Jan 1998, Edwin V. Lacy wrote:

> On Mon, 5 Jan 1998, Mark Charette wrote:
>
> > Jacqueline Eastwood wrote:
> > > Actually, I believe it's Kleine Kammermusik (with a "k", not a "c") fur
> > > (Umlaut over the "u") funf blaser. Because we used to sing the title
> > > along to the rhythm of the first movement opening motive. Yeah, I know it
> > > sounds weird.......
> >
> > At least one scholarly reference is wrong, since that's where I get the
> > material :) I'll correct it.
>
> Aren't we getting two different quintets mixed up here? The Kleine
> Kammermusik for wind quintet does not call for Eb clarinet in one of its
> movements, as far as I know. At least, I have never seen it performed
> that way.
>
> I was under the impression that there is another quintet, for clarinet and
> strings, and that that was the one which contained such a requirement for
> the clarinetist.
>
> Help?????
>
> Ed Lacy
> el2@-----.edu
>
>
Sorry for the confusion! You are correct; Kleine Kammermusik (op. 26?)
is for wind quintet, and the Quintet op. 30 is for clarinet & strings, and
calls for Eb in the third movement. Somehow we switched gears and got
onto the Kleine Kammermusik without telling anyone else!

Fear not, your memory is not failing!

Jacqueline Eastwood
University of Arizona/Arizona Opera Orchestra
eastwooj@-----.edu